@M_U @ech @Dervishpi
1. The US was founded based on genocide and slavery (racism). Little has changed so far. White supremacists would never acknowledge these historical facts.
2. Ending slavery through the civil war had also an economic component. Rising capitalism needed "free workers", i.e. people who are not slaves, but "free" to sell their labor power, temporarily, and could be fired any time without any further responsabilities for the company owner
@Raven47 @M_U @ech @Dervishpi
See also;
https://mastodon.social/@CassandraZeroCovid/110129532751632785
And the surrounding thread.
@AnonymooseGuy That's a common argument among the identity-left (which utterly dominates political discourse on instances like mastodon.social): consider some element of culture or society today, then draw some kind of tenuous BS connection back to some super racist (or otherwise oppressive) thing from the past. Then, use that to beat people over the head.
I have literally seen this argument applied to excel spreadsheets, ice cream trucks, Trader Joes, you name it. I think most people aren't buying it. 😂
However, I think Cassandra is supporting my claim here, that things are better, and getting better. See the followups for specifics.
@ech
She was quoting from this, where @Teri_Kanefield lays out the history in much more detail.
https://terikanefield.com/there-is-a-method-to-the-madness-along-with-actual-madness/